WOSU News Archives For: March 2, 2005

Thursday night, Columbus city council’s public safety committee will hold its final hearing on a proposed city ban of assault weapons. After the federal assault weapons ban expired in September, many cities and states are looking to ban the weapons. However, when compared the federal ban, city bans are largely symbolic.

Prospective Ohio drivers would see added training requirements and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles would be allowed to accept credit and debit cards under a state transportation budget that easily cleared the Ohio House on Tuesday.